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232 SECTION FIVE MISCELLANEOUS
CELLS SOMETIMES FOUND IN SEROUS BODY FLUIDS
(PLEURAL, PERICARDIAL, AND PERITONEAL)
NOTE: Any of the cell types found in the peripheral blood may be found in serous fluids.
FIGURE 24–15 Macrophages (pleural fluid FIGURE 24–16 Plasma cells (pleural fluid 31000).
31000).
DESCRIPTION: Large cells with eccentric nuclei DESCRIPTION Round to oval cell with eccentric
and vacuolated cytoplasm may be present in all nuclei, dark blue cytoplasm, perinuclear
body fluids. They may be seen with or without hof 8-29 mm in diameter.
inclusions, such as RBCs, siderotic granules, or
lipids. Associated with: Rheumatoid arthritis, malignancy,
tuberculosis, and other conditions that exhibit
lymphocytosis
